SALT LAKE CITY (AP) – The owner of Real Salt Lake has sold a stake in the soccer team to a North Logan real-estate developer. Owner Dave Checketts is praising his new partner Dell Loy Hansen for making a “bold” commitment. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed Wednesday. The Salt Lake Tribune says Hansen bought a 49 percent stake in the team. RSL spokesman Trey Fitz-Gerald told The Associated Press Checketts and Hansen are being referred to as co-owners and that the organization will not discuss specific figures or amounts. Coach Jason Kreis has said the new capital can help RSL build a practice facility closer to its stadium in the Salt Lake City suburb of Sandy. Checketts didn’t address any financial goals or strategy in a news release on Wednesday. RSL plays the Los Angeles Galaxy for the Major League Soccer championship on Sunday in Seattle. Hansen, a North Logan resident, has many interests throughout the state including the Riverwoods hotel and conference center complex on the south end of Logan. In 2005, he was part of a proposal to build an indoor soccer facility in North Logan south of the Eccles Ice Center, but he withdrew the proposal from the table.
North Logan developer officially buys 49 percent of Real Salt Lake
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